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Europe and Britain. Borders, pre- 

 ferring a deep, stiffish, moist soil. 

 Seed and division. 



Statice oleaefolia (Pour.) (Olive-leaved 

 Sea Lavender], S. virgata. A dwarf 

 kind, 4 to 16 in. high. Flowers, late in 

 summer ; blue, in a small , very loose, oval 

 or oblong panicle, slightly branched 

 and much shorter than the rest of the 

 scape ; spikelets very distant from 

 each other. Leaves, rather leathery, 

 one-nerved, flat or slightly convex on 

 the upper side, smooth, narrow, ob- 

 long-wedge-shaped, rounded or blunt 

 at the end. S. Europe, on the coasts 



of the Mediterranean. Borders and 



the rock-garden, in well- drained light 

 ioil. Seed and division. 



Statice speciosa (Showy Sea La- 

 vender). A very handsome and neat 

 species,of a glaucous green hue; 1 ft. to 

 1 6 in. high. Flowers, in summer ; rose- 

 coloured, arranged in dense corymbs. 

 Leaves, stalked, almost all radical, 

 roundish or oblong-oval, abruptly nar- 

 rowed to a point at the end, and 

 narrower at the base. Stems stiff, flat- 

 tened or 3 - sided, much branched 



above. Southern Russia. Lower 



parts of the rock-garden, and in bor- 

 ders, in well-drained sandy loam. Seed. 



Statice tatarica (Tartarian Statice). 

 A very handsome and dwarf kind, 

 10 in. to 1 ft. high. Flowers, late in 

 summer ; rose - coloured or reddish, 

 small, very numerous, arranged in 

 pairs on two-rowed spikelets, in the 

 axils of small dry bracts. Leaves, 

 almost all radical, somewhat leathery, 

 smooth, of a dark green colour, stalked, 

 broadly obovate, or oblong-lance- 

 shaped, acute. Tartary. The rock- 

 garden and the margin of the choice 

 mixed border, in sandy and well- 

 drained loam. Seed. 



Stevia purpurea (Purple S.) A 

 somewhat fragrant, slender-stemmed 

 perennial, covered with a velvety pu- 

 bescence ; 16 in. to 2 ft. high. Flowers, 



late in summer ; of a rosy -purple, in a 

 dense corymb, each head containing 

 5 florets with projecting stigmas. 

 Leaves, alternate, lance - shaped, 

 slightly toothed at the end ; the lower 

 ones oblong, all more or less aromatic. 

 Mexico. Warm borders, in ordi- 

 nary soil. Division and seed. 



Stipa pennata (Feather Grass). A 

 very graceful perennial grass, with 

 flowering - stems 16 to 20 in. high, 

 bearing in summer a narrow feathery 

 panicle of great beauty. Leaves, long, 

 stiff, erect, rush-like, shorter than the 

 flower - stem, growing in a tuft. 

 France, and other parts of Europe ; 



found also in Siberia. Borders and 



naturalization; best in good deep sandy 

 loam. Division and seed. 



Stokesia cyanea (Stokes 1 s Aster). A 

 stout,free, but late flowering herb, 14 to 

 2 ft. high. Flowers, in September and 

 October ; blue, showy, and somewhat 

 like those of the China Aster, 3 or 

 4 in. across when well opened, but in 

 this country the plants are often in- 

 jured by the frosts before the flowers 

 open. Leaves, alternate, somewhat 

 lance-shaped, smooth and of a slightly 

 glaucous colour. South Carolina. 



Warm sheltered borders, facing 



the south, in well-drained sandy loam. 

 The plant does but poorly in cold 

 soils and positions, but, grown in pots, 

 it flowers very well in a cold house or 

 conservatory in autumn. Division. 



Stylophorum diphyllum (Celandine 

 Poppy). A dwarf perennial some- 

 what resembling the Celandine in 

 foliage and flowers ; 1 ft. high. 

 Flowers, in April or May ; deep yel- 

 low, about 2 in. across, the buds nod- 

 ding; sepals 2, bristly; petals 4. 

 Leaves, pale beneath, smoothish, 

 deeply cut into 5 or 7 oblong un- 

 evenly-lobed divisions, those of the 

 root often with a pair of distinct leaf- 

 lets. Damp woods in North America. 

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